Raffaele Pinto
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Casnate, Italy | 13 April 1945
Died | 8 December 2020 Cecina, Italy | (aged 75)
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 1973 – 1978 |
Teams | Fiat, Lancia |
Rallies | 19 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 1 |
Podiums | 3 |
Stage wins | 42 |
Total points | 0 |
First rally | 1973 Monte Carlo Rally |
First win | 1974 Rally Portugal |
Last rally | 1978 Rally Sanremo |
Raffaele "Lele" Pinto (13 April 1945 – 8 December 2020) was a rally driver, who won the 1974 Rally Portugal.
Career[]
Pinto began rallying in 1968.[1] In 1972, he won the European Rally Championship in a Fiat 124 Sport Spider. The following year, the World Rally Championship was run for the first time, and Pinto competed with Fiat, winning the 1974 Rally Portugal. For 1975, he moved to Lancia, where he remained until the end of 1977, driving the legendary Lancia Stratos HF.
WRC victories[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2020 deaths
- World Rally Championship drivers
- European Rally Championship drivers
- Italian rally drivers
- European auto racing biography stubs
- Portuguese sportspeople stubs
- European rallying biography stubs